Earlier this week, Pope Francis released Evangelii Gaudium. Check out these reflections on Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation from around the web:

“The Joy of the Gospel” Our top picks of quotable quotes by Carol Glatz, CNS: “To give you a sense of what’s inside, we’ve compiled some of the most striking quotes on a variety of themes from the text.”

‘Evangelii Gaudium’ amounts to Francis’ ‘I Have a Dream’ speech by John Allen, NCR: “In effect, the 224-page document, titled in Latin Evangelii Gaudium and released by the Vatican Tuesday, is a vision statement about the kind of community Francis wants Catholicism to be: more missionary, more merciful, and with the courage to change.”

Francis and a church that breathes with both lungs by John Allen, NCR: “The deepest ambition of “Joy of the Gospel” lies in Francis’ dream of a church that breathes with both lungs regarding mission and justice, uniting its concern for poverty of both the spiritual and the flesh-and-blood sort. The drama of his papacy, in a sense, lies in how well he may be able to pull it off.”

Evangelii Gaudium: Pure Christianity by Stephen Schneck: “He insists that most especially we are called to see the face of God upon those in poverty, in the cells of death row, on the homeless man panhandling for change, the immigrant without papers, the vulnerable, the drug addict, the oppressed, the marginalized, and – yes – in the faces of the unborn. Moreover, it is not enough merely to see these lowly as representations of God for us, challenging even as that is; we are called collectively and individually, publicly and privately, in our churches and our governments, to serve them and to serve them with joy.”

Evangelii Gaudium: Second Impressions by Michael Sean Winters, NCR: “Here is the religious danger of libertarian, neo-liberal markets. They not only fail to provide for the common good, they enslave people and impede their full realization precisely because they can leave no room for God….Pope Francis also challenges liberals and points out a certain hypocrisy that I am sure he is encountered in his dealings with politicians in Argentina.”

Making All Things New and Beginning Again by Daniel Horan, America: “As individual Christians and as a community, we can become stagnant in our own faith, dead to the needs of others and blind to the realities that should call us to love, service and solidarity. It is for this reason that Pope Francis ties the life of spirit and joy of the Gospel to the ‘challenges of today’s world.’”

Recasting the New Evangelization Framework in Light of the Poor: Early Highlights and Analysis of Evangellii Gaudium by Kevin Ahern, Daily Theology: “For him, it seems that it is economic inequality—not secularization—that is the major issue that the church is called to address. Economic inequality lies at the root of many problems including violence, lack of compassion and despair.”

Let’s Listen to Pope Francis on Economics by Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, First Things: “I don’t know how many pro-free market Catholics there are, but I sure know a lot of them, and when the Pope speaks on economics, we (and I very much include myself in this “we”) tend to either plug our ears and ignore it, or else confidently and even irreverently dismiss it (here’s an example of me doing it to Pope Benedict XVI, in French). Neither of those approaches can suffice.”

A New Vision for the Church by Fr. James Martin, SJ, America: “And what is Pope Francis’s vision for the church? It is to be a joyful community of believers completely unafraid of the modern world, completely unafraid of change and completely unafraid of challenges.”

Pope Francis: Preach Gospel with Joy, Challenge the “Tyranny” of Trickle-Down Economics by John Gehring: “Most relevant to timely political debates, Pope Francis offers a bold message about economic justice that especially needs to heard by Catholics in positions of power.”